Abstract
The essential oils, isolated by hydrodistillation and distillation-extraction, from the aerial parts of different populations of Pterospartum tridentatum collected during the flowering phase, at different locations in Portugal, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. All the P. tridentatum populations studied afforded a yellowish oil in a yield <0.05% (v/w). cis-Theaspirane (2-14%), trans-theaspirane (2-17%) and octen-3-ol (2-37%) were, in variable amounts, the dominant components of the oils. Cluster analysis of the essential oil compositions from the nine populations studied, confirmed a major chemical variability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1083-1088 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Food Chemistry |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Essential oil
- Fabaceae
- GC
- GC-MS
- Leguminosae
- Pterospartum tridentatum L. Willk.
- Theaspiranes